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  • 1fall to loggerheads — 1. Come to blows, go to loggerheads. 2. Fall out, dispute, disagree, wrangle. See quarrel …

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  • 2go to loggerheads — Come to blows, fall to loggerheads …

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  • 3fight — I. v. n. 1. Combat, war, battle, contend (in arms), draw the sword, unsheathe the sword, measure swords, take arms, take up arms, go to war let slip the dogs of war, try the fortune of arms or battle. 2. Do battle, ply one s weapons, contend,… …

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  • 4contention — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of contending Nouns 1. (act of contending) contention, strife, contest, contestation, altercation, infighting; struggle; belligerency, pugnacity, combativeness (see irascibility); competition,… …

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  • 5contend — v 1. struggle, wrestle, grapple, tussle, scuffle; battle, fight, combat, war, wage war, skirmish; join battle with, set to, engage, encounter; clash, joust, tilt at, duel, cross swords with, fence; spar, brawl, scrap, box, fall to blows. 2.… …

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  • 6Iran — /i ran , i rahn , uy ran /, n. a republic in SW Asia. 67,540,002; ab. 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Cap.: Teheran. Formerly (until 1935), Persia. * * * Iran Introduction Iran Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic… …

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  • 7Contention — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Contention >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 contention contention strife Sgm: N 1 contest contest contestation Sgm: N 1 struggle struggle Sgm: N 1 belligerency belligerency Sgm: N 1 opposition opposition …

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  • 8tilt — Synonyms and related words: Olympic games, Olympics, a outrance, altercation, angle, angularity, argument, ascend, attack, bandy with, bank, battle, battle it out, bout, bowl, box, brawl, broil, bump heads, cant, capsize, careen, cast, catapult,… …

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  • 9Calendar of 2003 — ▪ 2004 January So long as there is a single Brazilian brother or sister going hungry, we have ample reason to be ashamed of ourselves. Lula, in his inaugural address as president of Brazil, January 1 January 1       The Socialist Lula (Luiz… …

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  • 10performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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